Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (2010)
“In the end he was driven to the decision that he had avoided aimlessly for so much of his life, more determinedly since Christmas night. Even so, he would not perhaps have been committed had it not been for the advice of three people; and two of these had no relation to historical scholarship at all.
It was seldom that Kay came to see Gerald. It was seldom, to give her her due, that the housekeeping and baby care allowed her to come up from Reigate. After two years there she had found two or th...ree other intellectually inclined young married women and they made a sort of social existence out of lamenting how little they were able to keep in touch with what mattered. She had arranged her life to revolve round Donald, baby, and home, and she was, in fact, almost entirely content, however much she followed the fashion of this little group. Yet, like many people, she was very conservative about her dentist. She had been to Mr Yeats for many years, ever since she was a child, and so when her teeth ached badly, she found someone to look after baby for the afternoon and came to London.MoreLess
It was seldom that Kay came to see Gerald. It was seldom, to give her her due, that the housekeeping and baby care allowed her to come up from Reigate. After two years there she had found two or th...ree other intellectually inclined young married women and they made a sort of social existence out of lamenting how little they were able to keep in touch with what mattered. She had arranged her life to revolve round Donald, baby, and home, and she was, in fact, almost entirely content, however much she followed the fashion of this little group. Yet, like many people, she was very conservative about her dentist. She had been to Mr Yeats for many years, ever since she was a child, and so when her teeth ached badly, she found someone to look after baby for the afternoon and came to London.MoreLess
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